Oh Daddy Blues Bessie Smith

Oh Daddy Blues Just like a flower I am fading away The doctor call to see me most every day But he don't do me no good, why?

Chicago Bound Blues Bessie Smith

Chicago Bound Blues Late last night, I sold away and cried Late last night, I sold away and cried Had the blues for Chicago, I just can't be satisfied Blues on my brain, my tongue refused to

Shipwreck Blues Bessie Smith

Shipwreck Blues Captain, tell your men to get on board I sure see 'em just pull into another shore I'm dreary in mind and I'm so worried in heart Oh the best of friends sho' has got to part

Bessie Smith Bob Dylan

Bessie was more than just a friend of mine We shared the good times with the bad Now many a year has passed me by I still recall the best thing I ever had I'm just goin' down the road t' see Bessie Oh,

Worried Life Blues Bessie Smith

Worried Life Blues I lived a life but nothing I've gained Each day I'm full of sorrow and pain No one seems enough for poor me To give me a word of sympathy Oh me, oh my Wonder what will the

Backwater Blues Bessie Smith, Bessie Smith

no place to go Then I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill Then I went and stood upon some high old lonesome hill Then looked down on the house were I used to live Backwater blues

Careless Love Blues Bessie Smith

"Love, oh love, oh careless love You've fly through my head like wine You've wrecked the life of a many poor girl And you nearly spoiled this life of mine Love, oh love, oh careless love In your clutches

Wasted Life Blues Bessie Smith

I've lived a life but nothin' I've gained Each day I'm full of sorrow and pain No one seems to care enough for poor me, To give me a word of sympathy Oh, me! Oh, me!

St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith

see that evening sun go down 'Cause my lovin' baby done left this town If I feel tomorrow like I feel today If I feel tomorrow like I feel today I'm gonna pack my brings and make my getaway Oh

Squeeze Me Bessie Smith

Daddy, you've been doggone sweet on me, daddy, you the only one I see You know I need but you 'cause you my man, you can love me like no one can Something 'bout you I can't resist, and when you kiss

Empty Bed Blues Bessie Smith

Empty Bed Blues I woke up this morning with a awful aching head I woke up this morning with a awful aching head My new man had left me, just a room and a empty bed Bought me a coffee grinder

Poor Man's Blues Bessie Smith

your mansion you don't know what hard times means Poor working man's wife is starvin', your wife is livin' like a queen Please, listen to my pleading, 'cause I can't stand these hard times long Oh

New Orleans Hop Scop Blues Bessie Smith

Hmm I can never git tired of dancin' those Hop Scop Blues Once more you glide, slide, prance, dance The Hop Scop Blues will make you do a lovely shake They'll make you feel so grand when you join

Boweavil Blues Bessie Smith

Boweavil Blues Hey boweavil don't bring them blues no more Hey boweavil don't bring them blues no more Boweavil's here, boweavil's everywhere you go I'm a lone boweavil, been out a great long

Thinking Blues Bessie Smith

Thinking Blues Did you ever sit thinking with a thousand things on your mind? Did you ever sit thinking with a thousand things on your mind?

Downhearted Blues Bessie Smith

I'm so disgusted, heart-broken, too; I've got those down-hearted blues; Once I was crazy 'bout a man; he mistreated me all the time, The next man I get has got to promise me to be mine, all mine!

Pickpocket Blues Bessie Smith

My best man, my best friend, Told me to stop peddlin' gin They even told me to keep my hands Out people's pocket where their money was in But I wouldn't listen or have any shame, 'long as so...

Backwater Blues Bessie Smith

people ain't got no place to go And I went and stood up on some high old lonesome hill And I went and stood up on some high old lonesome hill Then looked down on the house were I used to live Backwater blues

The Yellow Dog Blues Bessie Smith

tidings fills my heart with glee This message came from Tennessee Dear Sue, your easy rider struck this burg today On a southbound rattler beside the Pullman car I seen him there and he was on the hog Oh

Down Hearted Blues Bessie Smith

I'm so disgusted heart-broken, too I've got those down-hearted blues Once I was crazy 'bout a man he mistreated me all the time The next man I get has got to promise me to be mine, all mine!

Graveyard Dream Blues Bessie Smith

Graveyard Dream Blues Blues on my mind, blues all around my head Blues on my mind, and blues all around my head I dreamed last night that the man that I love was dead I went to the graveyard,

Hard Time Blues Bessie Smith

My man said he didn't want me I'm getting tired of his dirty ways I'm going to see another brown I'm packin' my clothes I'm leavin' town, getting outdoors Lettin' him know and he'll see a hard...

Young Woman's Blues Bessie Smith

Woke up this mornin' when chickens was crowin' for day Felt on the right side of my pilla', my man gad gone away By this pilla' he left a note readin', "I'm sorry, Jane, you got my goat No time ...

Preachin' The Blues Bessie Smith

Down in Atlanta, GA, under the viaduct ev'ry day, drinking corn and hollerin' hooray Pianos playing till the break of day But as I turned my head, I loudly said, "Preach 'em blues, sing them blues"

Foolish Man Blues Bessie Smith

Men sure is deceitful and they's gettin' worser ev'ry day Men sure is deceitful and they's gettin' worser ev'ry day Act like a bunch of women, they's just-a gab, gab, gabbin' away There's two ...

Empty Bed Blues (Part 2) Bessie Smith

morning with a awful aching head My new man had left me, just a room and a empty bedBought me a coffee grinder that's the best one I could find Bought me a coffee grinder that's the best one I could find Oh

The St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith

Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be. That man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea. Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!

Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2) Bessie Smith

morning with a awful aching head My new man had left me, just a room and a empty bedBought me a coffee grinder that's the best one I could find Bought me a coffee grinder that's the best one I could find Oh

Careless Love Bessie Smith

Love, oh love, oh careless love You've fly through my head like wine You've wrecked the life of a many poor girl And you nearly spoiled this life of mine Love, oh love, oh careless love In your clutches

Lost Your Head Blues Bessie Smith

I was with you, baby, when you didn't have a dime I was with you, baby, when you didn't have a dime Now since you got a lot of money, you have thrown a good gal down Once ain't for always and ...

Mean Old Bedbug Blues Bessie Smith

Gals, bed bugs sure is evil, they don't mean me no good Yeah, bed bug sure is evil, they don't mean me no good Thinks he's a woodpecker and I'm a chunk of wood When I lay down at night, I wond...

St. Louis Blues (성 루이 블루스) Bessie Smith

Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.? That man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea. Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!

St. Louis Blues (세인트 루이스 블루스) Bessie Smith

Got de Saint Louis Blues jes as blue as ah can be.? That man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea. Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me. Doggone it!

Standin' In The Rain Blues Bessie Smith

It can rain all day, I ain't got no place to go It can rain all day, I ain't got no place to go Because it's cold outside in that ice and snow If it rains five days that won't give me no blues

You've Been A Good Ole Wagon Bessie Smith

I want to tell you please get out of my sight I'm playing quits now : right from this very night You've have your day : don't stand around and frown You've been a good old wagon : daddy but you done

See If I'll Care Bessie Smith

me have my say I know that you feel good now with nothin' on your mind But just mark my words, dear, there'll come a time I know you're gonna pay, you'll want me back someday To drive the blues

Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) Bessie Smith

a-whispering: "Come on back to me" Muddy water 'round my feet Muddy water in the street Just God don't shelter Down on the delta Muddy water in my shoes Reeling and rocking to them lowdown blues

Guitar Boogie Arthur Smith

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Baby Won't You Please Come Home Bessie Smith

(Clarence Williams / Charles Warfield) I've got the blues, I feel so lonely I'll give the world if I could only Make you understand It surely would be grand I'm gonna telephone my baby Ask him won't

Ain't No More Cane Bob Dylan

Bessie was more than just a friend of mine We shared the good times with the bad Now many a year has passed me by I still recall the best thing I ever had I'm just goin' down the road t' see Bessie Oh,

Keep It To Yourself Bessie Smith

Keep It To Yourself If your man is nice and sweet Serving you lots of young pigmeat Oh yes, keep it to yourself If you know you are standing fast Got him worried where you at Oh yes, keep it

Devil's Gonna Git You Bessie Smith

Devil's gonna git you Devil's gonna git you Oh, the devil's gonna git you Man, just as sure as you's bornDevil's gonna git you, Devil's gonna git you, Oh, the devil's gonna git you, The way you're carryin

Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Bessie Smith

send me to the 'lectric chair Judge, judge, good mister judge, let me go away from here I wanna take a journey, to the devil down below I done killed my man, I wanna reap just what I sow Oh

You've Got To Give Me Some Bessie Smith

gotta give me some, yes give me some Can't you hear me pleading, you gotta give me some Said mister Jones to old butcher Pete, I want a piece of your good old meat You gotta give me some, oh

Me And My Gin Bessie Smith

Don't try me nobody, oh, you will never win. Don't try me nobody 'cause you will never win. I'll fight the army, navy just me and my gin. Any bootlegger sure is a pal of mine.

Do Your Duty Bessie Smith

Give your baby your last buck Don't come quackin' like a duck Do your duty I heard you said you didn't love me, baby Dowm at I don't believe a word she said She's the lyinest woman in town Oh

Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl Bessie Smith

some good man, to tell my troubles to Seem like the whole world's wrong Since my man's been gone I need a little sugar in my bowl I need a little hot dog on my roll I can stand a bit of lovin', oh

Saint Louis Blues Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong

Louis woman with her diamond ring Pulls that man around by her apron strings If it wasn't for her and her googly-eyed stare { From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/b/billie-holiday-lyrics/st.louis-blues-lyrics.html

Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There) Bessie Smith

Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There) I had a man for fifteen years Give him his room and board Once he was like a Cadillac Now he's like an old worn out Ford He never brought me a lousy dime ...

Cake Walkin' Babies From Home Bessie Smith

Cake walkers may come, cake walkers may go, but I wanna tell you 'bout a couple I know High steppin' pair, Debonair When it comes for bus'ness not a soul can compare Here they come, look at 'em, de...